A Monsoon Feast - Paperback

by Shashi Tharoor (Author)

Seven short stories celebrate the cultures of Singapore and Kerala and provide deep insights on the various concerns and ways of life in both communities.

Author Biography

Shashi Tharoor (Delhi, India) is a Member of Parliament in India and the former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. He is a Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning author of 12 books, including "The Great Indian Novel". Other authors featured in the anthology: Suchen Christine Lim (inaugural Singapore Literature Prize winner and well-known author in Singapore); Felix Cheong (Singaporean author of 7 books and regular speaker at writers festivals all over the world); Jaishree Misra (author of 7 novels, published by Penguin and Harper Collins, all of which have been Indian bestsellers); O Thiam Chin (one of Singapore's bright new stars on the writing scene); Anjali Menon (a filmmaker and author originally from Kerala who now lives in London and Bombay); Verena Tay (well-known writer and director in Singapore theatre circles and the author of several plays.)